diff --git a/ionic/components/input/native-input.ts b/ionic/components/input/native-input.ts
index 7073a665e2..23aa23a030 100644
--- a/ionic/components/input/native-input.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/input/native-input.ts
@@ -40,20 +40,22 @@ export class NativeInput {
     var self = this;
 
     self.focusChange.emit(true);
+    
+    function docTouchEnd(ev) {
+      var tappedElement: any = ev.target;
+      if (tappedElement && self.element()) {
+        if (tappedElement.tagName !== "INPUT" && tappedElement.tagName !== "TEXTAREA") {
+          self.element().blur();
+        }
+      }
+    }
 
     if (self._blurring) {
       // automatically blur input if:
       // 1) this input has focus
       // 2) the newly tapped document element is not an input
       console.debug('input blurring enabled');
-      function docTouchEnd(ev) {
-        var tappedElement: any = ev.target;
-        if (tappedElement && self.element()) {
-          if (tappedElement.tagName !== 'INPUT' && tappedElement.tagName !== 'TEXTAREA') {
-            self.element().blur();
-          }
-        }
-      }
+      
       document.addEventListener('touchend', docTouchEnd, true);
       self._unrefBlur = function() {
         console.debug('input blurring disabled');
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc6aab5996..b20551ce4e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     "systemjs": "0.19.6",
     "through2": "^0.6.3",
     "tslint": "^3.7.1",
+    "tslint-eslint-rules": "^1.2.0",
     "typescript": "1.8.7",
     "vinyl": "^0.4.6",
     "webpack": "^1.12.2",
@@ -90,4 +91,4 @@
       "path": "node_modules/ionic-cz-conventional-changelog"
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 0173f9ad1f..56ca642ff0 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "rulesDirectory": "node_modules/tslint-eslint-rules/dist/rules",
     "rules": {
         "class-name": true,
         "comment-format": [
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@
             "check-operator",
             "check-separator",
             "check-type"
+        ],
+        "no-inner-declarations": [
+            true,
+            "functions"
         ]
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file